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| My Obscene Brush with MS-Excel | |
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| I guess MS-Excel is a tool that has had many a finance professional scratch his head repeatedly, marvelling at the hitherto complex functions that it now performed at a mere click. VLOOKUP, for one. Or Pivot Tables. Or any of the other tools - ranging from the "oh they're so commonplace now" filters to the more complicated macros that checked and b...
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| 16:27 | 4/Sep/2008 |
| ALPHABET SOUP: ‘M’ IS FOR MEMORIES, ‘N’ ... | |
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| Mom looks back at the 1980s and says that those were the best days for us. And I tell her - hey mom, these are the best days for us, two successful children, a relaxed retired life, good health... this would be a life that many long to live. But I know what she means. The 80s were very different times. Us living in a lovely Cochin suburb, great fr...
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| 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
| Just Between Friends (Short Story) | |
| Pushpa Saxena. Age 23, 5'5 in height, slender built, fair, attractive. I know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. Like her address, for example (#3003, 3rd Floor, Olympian Heights, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai). Or her cell number, both Vodafone as well as Airtel. Or her email address. I really know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. In fact, I think I know a lot more ...
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| 10:21 | 7/Apr/2008 |
| You Slipped Away Untold, Old Dream-Maker... | |
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| They say it takes only three words to convey life's biggest thoughts. The obvious ones apart, "I am sorry" surely is one such three-word set. "How are you" is another one. But for certain seven-year olds who chased an adventure filled childhood in a Cochin suburb years ago, there were some other three word sentences that were precursor to a world o...
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| 16:08 | 7/Feb/2008 |
| Once upon a time I had an animal crush o... | |
| Once upon a time I had an animal crush on Sheetal Mafatlal. Those were her pre-marriage days, when I was in college and she was still Sheetal Bhagat, the page 3 socialite with a dazzling smile and really lovely legs. Her photograph would regularly be splashed across the society pages of the newspaper I used to read those days - attending some high ...
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| 12:47 | 3/Feb/2008 |
| A Master Cook Tries Out Breakfast | |
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| Like the nutritionists keep saying, breakfast is the most important meal for man - a meal that is supposed to provide him with the most essential energy to see him through the rest of the day. What was that old school saying? 'Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper'. Something like that.Now when you have the most importa...
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| 23:23 | 9/Nov/2007 |
| Phataaack!!! | |
| Explosions everywhere. An otherwise dark sky is lit up in a grey haze. Some people run - some don't, choosing to stay and watch the explosions. Deafening noise all around, the kind that makes your heart leap to your throat. Sporadic gunfire - even little children know how to handle guns adroitly these days. A series of explosions go off somewhere t...
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| 08:24 | 4/Nov/2007 |
| You let me down, old hero... | |
| Lance Armstrong. I think it was in 2005 that I read the first installment of his autobiographical jottings ("It's Not About The Bike"). I had read the book while I was in rather emotionally trying times and ergo, the book is littered with underlined passages and notes that I had written to myself - random and arbitrary things that I felt while read...
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| 23:10 | 31/Oct/2007 |
| Some random thoughts. | |
| Ummm.. a minor slip disc makes it a lot convenient to lie down in bed just about doing nothing but stare at the ceiling and contemplate about the greater things in life. The following thoughts are in effect, the idle thoughts of an idle fellow. A moving aircraft, with passengers in disciplined rows inside. But look carefully! One of them is Superm...
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| 01:54 | 27/Oct/2007 |
| Can I have a pack of… uh, you know… | |
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| A pack of condoms. I mean, what is there to feel so embarrassed about that? Stride into the medical store, look the storekeeper in the eye, and boldly blurt out – “can I have a pack of condoms, please?”. Well, well, well, not everything in life is so simple. As Tushar & I learnt it first hand that day. It was in preparation for a colleague’s weddin...
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| bandra | 21:21 | 12/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (142)
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| Call Center Jobs in Mumbai |
| BPOs are one of the biggest job providers in India. Business process outsourcing (BPO) contains the transmission of processes along with the associated operational activities and responsibilities, to a third party with at least a guaranteed equal service level and where the client contains a firm grip over the (activities of the) vendor for mutual...
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| venkataramana | 15:45 | 18/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (282)
| City: Bangalore
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| Allaah Haafeez Ameejaan...!!! |
| Ya Allah : You know I am just a young boy inthis land of the crescent moon and a solitary star on the flag... You know I eke a living by carrying amule load of arms & ammunitions on the mule of 'Pasha-saab'... You know I know not wither the cargocomes from nor where it is sent - am asked to off-load it all in the ravine...
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| Naina | 23:39 | 15/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (584)
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| Interests: reading,music
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| Kulhad chai and life( a story) |
| The Air- India flight landed half-an-hour past its scheduled time. From one concrete jungle to another, yet the difference was glaring. Bespectacled me, I scanned the Mumbai landscape and couldn’t help but compare it to that of New- York. The slums were like used tissue papers, carrying the filth of the city, as it blew its nose after catching the ...
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| RAJEEV GARG | 00:01 | 14/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (1012)
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| SAFE |
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| HI FRIENDS, GOT THE NEWS ABOUT BLASTS IN DELHI WHICH ARE NOT GOOD AT ALL...I HOPE AND PRAY GOD THAT ALL MY FRIENDS,RELATIVES,ILANDERS AND RESIDENTS OF DELHI AND NCR ARE SAFE...BE SAFE AND TAKE CARE...MAY GOD BLESS ALL HAPPINESSTO YOU... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...
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| manu | 16:21 | 26/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (390)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: drawing. writting
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| hope float's |
| hope float's in my eye's like a tear's in bride's eye's with tint of pinksyness in hope of new begining ,beginingof unknown unseen with hands full streched for all joy's and grief's of life with ear to ear smile and bouns of twinkling eye's in hope ,want to enter in new phase leaving behind all memories of past experince with heavy heart filled wit...
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| Dilip Bangthai | 13:09 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (69)
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| Chelation or Calation Therapy |
| I am sharing following as forwarded to me: Quote:Dear All,This is a new theory which has come to my knowledge very recently and I thought that I should also share with you all.A few days back my Father in law was admitted in a nursing home due to severe chest pain.He had an attack in 1997 and was undergoing normal treatment.Due to the sudden pain ...
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| dilip krishnan | 15:19 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| The Great Australian Sale!When it comes to competitive selling, it appears as if there is none to beat the quintessential Aussie. And what better medium than the ‘great seller’ e-Bay!Last year, to be precise on 25th January 2007, I had posted “Life on Auction” featuring the enterprising Nicael Holt who put his young soul on sale: e-Bay, naturally, ...
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| amishi | 19:11 | 3/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (508)
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| mending of a heart |
| Of Mending a Broken Heart... A few weeks ago a very dear friend of mine had his heart broken to the tiniest bits in the most callous & cruel manner...The sheer agony in his voice made me cry... it is something we have all felt.. the pang of physical pain that comes with being hurt & betrayed by the person one has decided to give everything to.The b...
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| Ka Tvam | 11:21 | 16/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (34)
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| Markatasya surapaanam |
| When Teddy Bear called to announce his arrival in Chennai, I was busy directing traffic around my car, in the middle of a busy ring road near Koramangala! His call was a reminder that I had not posted a blog in a long while! Inertia...ennui..whatever….!!! As I spoke to him letting him know of my predicament, I figured out that life was not going ...
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| saurabh upad... | 01:12 | 21/Mar/2008 |
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| Hi. It's Holi-week and people are already in the mood to celebrate. Unfortunately, there are some who like to enjoy at the cost of others. There are experienced incidents where dirty-water (from gutters) balloons or acid balloons are thrown. This is specially done at passengers in buses or trains or at bikers as one cannot catch the culpri...
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| DENSON JOSEPH | 23:54 | 16/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (741)
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| Interests: Fitness
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| The Catwalking Minister |
| Everytime there is a bomb blast anywhere in the country the Honourable home minister does a catwalk with the press in toe & comes up with a tape recorded version of condemning the attack & announcing measle sized compensations. The opposition also doesn't waste time either in using the hot oppurtunity to not only criticize the attack but also use ...
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| Noanee Kapadia | 23:39 | 9/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (555)
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| will that make us wise |
| I had to visit a hospital for a night stay last week The lady patient on the next bed was in great pain ,she cld barely walk ,she was all bent forward .she was in for knee replacment operation .And she was barely 55 .the arthritis started 25 years ago ,and slowly the joints turned painful and inactive and now she has reached a stage when walking w...
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| Hidden Aura | 05:02 | 24/Jun/2007 |
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| The first lesson I learnt !!! |
| For the past few weeks I's busy with my hectic schedule ,though found some time to read the blogs of friends,didn't find time to post something new.--*********************************************--Wh ile returing to hometoday to my room saw something that reminded me my childhood days. A young kid used some abusive language and immediately chased up...
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| hari kumar | 16:24 | 11/Sep/2008 |
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| Happy Onam |
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| Hello dear friends of Iland. It is quite a long time since I have blogged- because of some busy schedule- but I cannot afford to miss this opportunity to wish all my friends in Iland a VERY VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS O N A M May the "too good to be true" days of Mahabali return to earth- days of Equality, Honesty and Fairness.
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| chaitali rai | 10:54 | 25/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (642)
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| RELATIONSHIP |
| Quite interesting story. Check it out. I received it from a friend.My husband is an Engineer by profession, I love him for his steady nature, and I love the warm feeling when I lean against his broad shoulders. Three years of courtship and now, two years into marriage, I would have to admit, that I am getting tired of it. The reasons of me loving h...
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| vatsala joshi | 11:59 | 11/Apr/2008 |
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| GOTTU |
| Back in those days when I was still a pucca child,in other words,a primary-schooler, there roamed in the bylanes encircling our school, a madman we all called Gottu. “Gottu” in Kannada means “I know”.A peculiar name to give,I agree,but certainly in keeping with the time-honoured tradition of rechristening the mentally ill in view of their personal ...
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| Rinky Bansal | 16:44 | 6/Sep/2008 |
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| As I wait by... |
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| Hey, folks...returned to iland after a lonnnnnnnng break. Here's some of my creation in an idle state :)....you should know by nowhow fragile I feel without u not around.As I lay in this hospital bedFeeling lonely even with all the friends aroundDon't know feel lostWithout your caring touch, your soft looksyou should know by nowI’m sick of feeling ...
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| Prabhu Nair | 12:31 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| karkkidakam* The blue darkness unfurled,Wind flew shattering the doors,Trees swayed in the gust,Clouds roared the rageThe rain of Karkkidakam,Its again at my sky The saddles of the skies,The river of heaven,The oceans hid in clouds,The Ganges of Gods,The rain of Karkkidakam,...
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| A S | 21:53 | 23/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (470)
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| Am off to Bangalore |
| Well folks, i am off to Bangalore tomorrow. I take off at the unearthly hour of 7.50 a.m. which means that i have to leave my house at 6.30, while all of you'll are busy snoozing!! :(I will be in Bangalore all of this week. (Come back on sat morning) and though i already have way too many outstation friends a few more can not hurt. :) so anyone w...
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| Sophia Roy | 17:07 | 14/Sep/2008 |
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| JOURNEY OF THE SOUL -- 6 TO BE LIKE A RIVER FLOWING Thank you dear friends for your love and support the whole of last year. Many of you visited my page and left messages through out. I was unable to thank you or write back but sent loving energies your way ------ Many new friends ...
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| Madhavan PK | 16:15 | 26/Aug/2008 |
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| Corps or Corpse |
| While at school, I was part of the NCC unit for two years. I was in the naval wing and so they taught us knots, signals, parade, salute, and firing. I also remember a visit to a submarine, walking inside it, machines, shafts et al and coming within 10 metres of the torpedo room. My biggest disappointment was I didn’t get to see the periscope. As a...
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| Chitra Venka... | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007 |
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| Dreams |
| Each one of us has been endowed with the innate capacity to dream. We begin dreaming very early in life as kids. All of us recollect those times in ourchildhood, can’t we, when we dreamed of wanting to excel in our studies or ofhaving that special toy and when it did materialize, what was it that we felt? A feeling of joy, ecstasy? A dream come t...
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| Trishna Mumbai | 17:48 | 10/Sep/2008 |
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| Wanted : Comfort - Part II |
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| So, here I was at our breakfast nook, listening to Pri’s outpourings. She had fallen in love with Ajay when we were in college. He was the college Adonis and she was the Aphrodite – they made a beautiful couple. Heads turned when they walked together. When they bonded they knew they wanted to be married, marriage followed once they both had MBAs an...
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| Sol Star | 08:14 | 17/Jan/2008 |
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| Kauchauri |
| This morning I felt like having hot kachauris with alu ki subzi. So I walked down to the sweet shop that sells it and bought five kachauris. While I was eating it, I dropped a couple of pieces of alu on the floor. I picked them up and threw them into the dustbin. However, while I was having my breakfast, I kept feeling bad that I missed out on thos...
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| Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar... |
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| The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...
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| Sandeep Ohri | 17:40 | 7/Sep/2008 |
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| Wisecracks - Part 1 |
| I have often come across many wisecracks and one-liners at many blog posts and thought of contributing my tuppence worth also...So here's Part 1 of my collection of Gags, Wisecracks and Witticisms. Hope you enjoy them, I sure did, putting it together.1.He got a letter from his estranged wife.. "Hi Ed, I missed youyesterday. Come back home again, an...
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| Rathi S | 07:35 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| 51 things about me! |
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| My best friend did this on her blog and asked me to do the same quite a while ago; i thought now would be the right time to take my mind off a few things...jus sit down , relax and jot down a few things about me from the top of my head....it was a fun experience. I think everyone should try doing this!I think every single dimension of life is simpl...
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| ajit balakri... | 03:53 | 21/Aug/2008 |
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| "Rani Comes Safe Out of the Ruins" |
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| One of the pleasanter outcomes of the ongoing newspaper wars in Bombay triggerered off by the launch of Hindustan Times, Bombay Edition and DNA has been the dramatic flight to quality of all including the incumbent, Times Of India. "The Mumbai Mirror" is a something the Times now distributes free with the main paper and good , hard, well reported ...
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| | 10:19 | 4/Nov/2006 |
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| Science Takes Aim at Supernatural Myths |
| All this may seem obvious, but to physicist Costas Efthimiou and other scientists, the public often isn't as skeptical as you might think. Efthimiou points to National Science Foundation reports showing widespread belief in pseudosciences -- such as vampires, astrology and ESP. It may be the season for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, t...
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